Author: craigshields

Here’s Lucy Biggers, social media powerhouse, explaining how solar and wind energy actually aren’t free, because they require materials that need to be mined from the Earth. Yes, Lucy.  I think most of us already knew that. It’s hard for …

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Yes, part of this is stupidity.  But a larger part is that people who still support Trump at this point are desperate to believe whatever comes out of his mouth, regardless of how nonsensical it may be. People generally are …

Are We that Dumb? Read More »

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Those who stand in opposition to the president have dozens of different reasons for their feelings.  One, as is on display here, is that he’s an ignoramus.

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Not sure about this. A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School might struggle to identify a bear. Could be. This is representative of the intelligence level of the American electorate today.

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This guy is quite effective in talking to uneducated, conservative Americans, most of whom have never traveled to, or even read anything about the happiest countries on Earth. If I were going to make a statement about the relationship between …

Social Justice and Despotism? Read More »

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The Chinese ownership of American farmland is less than 0.00036, or 0.036%.  To put this into perspective, if the entirety of U.S. farmland were reduced to one acre, the Chinese government and business interests would own less than 15 square …

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Perhaps a biologist would be better qualified to answer the question at left, but I would say that none would rule.  I.e., humankind is the only species that imposes its dominance over others. Predators kill to eat, but they don’t …

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I’m going with morons, or, more specifically, hateful morons.

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When 2GreeenEnergy was launched in 2009, solar thermal with molten salt energy storage appeared to be a great solution. Yet it fizzled out when the cost of energy from wind and solar PV fell like a stone.  California’s Ivanpah facility …

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Living in the United States today, we’re surrounded by stupidity, but it comes in levels.  At the very top of the heap is the notion that a prosecutor could get a conviction on the charge of threatening a POTUS with …

Prosecuting James Comey for “8647” Read More »

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